What to Look for in Ballistic Gel Tests
Useful ballistic-gel testing focuses on penetration, projectile condition, documented protocols, and repeatable results—not dramatic slow-motion effects.
Concepts
Ideas, analysis, and practical perspectives on firearms, tactics, mindset, decision-making, leadership, training, and professional development.
Distance Is a Defensive Variable
Defensive preparation should account for changing distances. Understand your zero, know your holds, and train for accurate performance from close to extended range.
Handheld Flashlight Techniques: Adaptability Matters
Handheld-light techniques involve tradeoffs in mobility, control, identification, firearm support, and equipment compatibility. Learn several and practice transitioning safely.
Why Jacketed Hollow Points Are Used for Defense
Jacketed hollow points balance sufficient penetration with controlled expansion, greater frontal resistance, and a more defined permanent wound path.
5.7×28: Useful Cartridge, Not a Wonder Round
The 5.7×28 cartridge offers low recoil, capacity, and accessibility advantages, but pistol performance should be judged by evidence rather than P90 mythology.
Refining Your Compass
We are bombarded with information at every level in every direction. We are surrounded by every topic, within our interests and outside of them. Our personal imperfect map and compass, which guide us, are shaped by our own desires, knowledge, and experience. When we find worthwhile mentors and peers, our path can become much more … Read more
P&S ModCast 454 – You Have Only Two Hours
P&S ModCast 454 — You Have Only Two Hours Training time is finite, and the best curriculum decisions start by identifying what matters most. In this ModCast, Chris Bean, Dan Brady, and Matt Landfair share observations from teaching experience and discuss how to prioritize meaningful skills when only two hours are available. Episode Focus Panel … Read more
P&S ModCast 453 — A Meaningful Training Foundation
Sofia Espina discusses her journey from new gun owner to sustained, purposeful firearms training and a meaningful long-term foundation.
P&S ModCast 452 – Tales of Old(er) and Lessons Learned
P&S ModCast 452 — Tales of Old(er) and Lessons Learned Experience is useful only when its lessons are carried forward. In this ModCast, Matt Landfair and Kurt Weber discuss the stories, observations, and professional lessons that accumulate over time—and how they can inform better judgment, training, and decision-making today. Episode Focus Panel Matt Landfair is … Read more
P&S ModCast 451 — Common Core Firearms Training
A discussion of institutional firearms standards, common-core training, qualification, and the development of meaningful baseline competence.